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The Corrales bosque is dense with vegetation and downed wood. The Corrales Fuels Reduction Project seeks to reduce fire risk, provide habitat for wildlife, and promote native plant growth.
This project will cover Phase 1 of the Corrales Fuels Reduction Project.
1. Reduce fire risk in the Corrales Bosque.
a. Remove invasives species and treat with herbicide to reduce re-growth.
b. Remove slash from site (this will be accomplished by MRGCD, not the Treatment Contractor).
c. Focus treatments in high traffic areas for the greatest impact.
2. Provide habitat for the endangered southwestern willow flycatcher and other wildlife.
a. Remove invasives species that crowd out plant species valuable for habitat.
b. Retain New Mexico olive and other native plants.
c. Avoid treatment in or around southwestern willow flycatcher potential habitat as determined by surveys conducted by MRGCD and U.S. Fish and Wildlife.
3. Promote native plant growth.
a. Remove invasives species to provide more resources to native plants.
b. Treat invasives with a targeted herbicide application to prevent damage to native plants.
c. Follow herbicide label to avoid drift onto native vegetation.
C. Project-Wide Specifications:
Forestry Division shall select a Treatment Contractor from a Statewide Price Agreement.
Treatment Contractor must obtain an access permit and keys from the Entity prior to treatment start.
Treatment Contractor shall not work from April 15th to September 15th to protect birds during their nesting season unless given permission in writing from Forestry Division Project Manager.
Treatment Contractor must wash vehicles and equipment thoroughly before entering the site to remove weed seeds.
Treatment Contractor shall use previously established roads/trails and avoid creating new roads wherever possible.
Machinery, staging areas, and access routes must be approved by Forestry Division and Entity Project Managers before use. Treatment Contractor shall request machinery, new access routes, and staging areas within the bosque prior to project implementation.
New roads or trails must be closed as directed by Forestry Division and Entity Project Managers. This may include applying slash, seeding, blocking access by felling trees, moving rocks, or otherwise covering the road or trail with natural materials present on site.
Live cottonwoods shall not be cut. If a live cottonwood is cut in error the Treatment Contractor must inform Entity and Forestry Division project managers and refrain from spraying stump with herbicide.
MRGCD will provide training on species identification for Contractor crews.
D. Project Area:
Treatment Contractor shall treat 107.2 acres within the project area. The project area is the Corrales bosque shown in Map 1. Maps of units will be provided to the contractor before work begins. Units will avoid potential southwest willow-flycatcher habitat and the Bureau of Reclamation project that will be in progress. All units will receive the same treatment specified in the next section E. Treatment Specifications.
E. Treatment Specifications:
All units will be treated in the following manner. The Treatment Contractor will be responsible for cutting invasives, herbicide treatment, and moving/piling slash. The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy will be responsible for removing slash from the project.
Cut-Stump Treatment:
1. Treatment Contractor shall apply a cut-stump treatment to all invasives within the project area.
a. Resulting stump height shall be less than half the diameter of the stump and no taller than 8 inches.
b. Herbicide shall be applied to cut stumps within 10 minutes of cutting.
c. Herbicide active ingredient must be Triclopyr, triethylamine salt (Garlon 3a or generic substitute). The triethylamine salt form of triclopyr is required because its labeled use allows application to floodplains.
d. A blue indicator dye must be included in the herbicide mix to ensure spray is visible during inspections.
2. Treatment Contractor shall treat all Tree of Heaven within the cut-stump area with a hack and squirt or foliar spray, depending on diameter of stems.
a. For stems greater than 3-feet in height, Garlon 3a (or generic substitute). shall be applied. A knife or hatchet shall be used to cut frills at a downward angle only deep enough to penetrate the cambium just below the bark. The cuts must be spaced an inch apart where possible around the entire circumference of the stem. Herbicide must be applied to all the cuts in the stems.
b. Plants less than or equal to three feet in height with accessible foliage must receive a foliar herbicide treatment of Garlon 3a (or generic substitute).
c. A blue indicator dye must be included in the herbicide mix to ensure the spray is visible.
3. Treatment Contractor shall adhere to all of the following when herbicide is applied:
a. Herbicide shall never be applied to native plant species. If a plant cannot be identified it must be left un-treated and flagged for Forestry Division Program Manager to properly identify.
b. Herbicide must be applied according to herbicide label specifications.
c. Treatment Contractor must follow the herbicide label, including precautions specified in the herbicide label to avoid drift onto non-target species and areas.
d. Use of kerosene and diesel oils are prohibited.
e. No treatment within 10 meters from the riverbank.
Slash Treatment:
1. Treatment contractor shall bank slash produced by the cut-stump treatment along the levee road.
a. Contractor shall cut slash to lengths of 16 feet or less.
b. All slash created by the cut-stump treatment must be banked within 10 feet of the levee road.
c. Removal must be as minimally invasive as possible. Treatment Contractor must obtain permission from Project Managers if they intend to use vehicles or machinery within the bosque per Section C. Project-Wide Specifications.
2. Middle Rio Grande Conservancy will be responsible for removing this slash banked along the levee. Forestry Division Treatment Contractor will not remove this slash, only bank it along the levee.
Re-Treatment of Invasive Plants:
1. Treatment Contractor shall apply a foliar spray herbicide treatment to invasive re-sprouts.
a. Treatment Contractor must apply herbicide to all invasives within the unit.
b. Herbicide active ingredient must be Triclopyr, triethylamine salt (Garlon 3a or generic substitute) mixed with a surfactant. The triethylamine salt form of triclopyr is required because it's labeled use allows application to floodplains.
c. Herbicide must be applied directly to the foliage of the invasives covering all sides of the plant.
d. A blue indicator dye must be included in the herbicide mix to ensure the spray is visible during inspections.
This project is solely to conduct a the initial scoping of existing environmental conditions for a proposed work in Eddy County for a waterline from Carlsbad Tatum to Double Eagle. This report includes the findings for the parcel from the following resources: 1. Class I Records Search of the New Mexico Cultural Resource Information Systems (NMCRIS) for a listing of documented archaeological surveys and sites/cultural resources 2. US Fish and Wildlife Service Information for Planning and Consultation (IPaC) for listed Threatened and Endangered Species and Critical Habitat 3. New Mexico Environmental Review Tool (NMERT), Biota Information System of New Mexico (BISON-M) and the New Mexico Rare Plants Technical Council (NMRPTC) for Threatened and Endangered Species 4. Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) for soil conditions, hydric ranking, and erosion hazards 5. National Wetland Inventory (NWI) for identification of wetlands and riparian area 6. Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium for Land Cover Classification 7. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for flood and extreme weather risk information 8. New Mexico Wildfire Risk Analysis Portal (NM WRAP) to indicate risk of grass fires 9. US Geological Survey (USGS) Seismic Hazard Model Maps for earthquake and seismic hazards
Milne-Gutierrez, ABQ-OS - CIUDAD SWCD NFL Fuel Reduction Treatment
Forest Thinning Project on private land to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire and
improve forest health. under workplan between CIUDAD SWCD and EMNRD, NMFD, Bernalillo District.
Mountain View Phase I Culvert for Middle Rio Grande Flood Protection Bernalillo to Belen Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), in cooperation with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy district (MRGCD) has completed a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Mountain View Phase I Culvert for Middle Rio Grande Flood Protection Bernalillo to Belen Project in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. The Draft EA evaluates alternatives that would provide a culvert crossing of the Albuquerque Riverside Drain at the Interstate 25 (I-25) bridge. The project is located just north of the I-25 crossing of the Rio Grande in Bernalillo County.
The proposed project would improve access for MRGCD operation and maintenance, provide access for firefighting activities in the Rio Grande bosque, and facilitate construction of and be incorporated into the Mountain View section of the proposed Bernalillo to Belen Flood Projection Project. Proposed Project features include installation of new twin barrel, precast concrete box culverts (two 12-foot x 4-foot culverts) within the Albuquerque Riverside Drain. Associated features for the new culvert include cast-in-place concrete headwalls, concrete channel lining, riprap aprons/armoring, aggregate surfacing and seeding.
Lightning Dock Geothermal Power Plant Expansion: Installation of an additional geothermal plant and/or ancillary facilities located at the existing LDG power plant located in Section 7, T25S, R19W. The plant is on private land
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